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Archaeologists working in the dense jungles of northern Guatemala have uncovered the remains of an ancient Maya city that ...

Today, more than 30 Mayan languages exist and are spoken by at least six million people worldwide. Although some, like ...

Archeological research suggests pok-ta-pok played both a religious and political role in Maya culture, being used in rituals or to settle disputes. Hieroglyphs also reveal that, for much of its ...

When, in the 1960s, the hieroglyphs—the most sophisticated writing system created in the New World—were at last beginning to be deciphered, a new picture of these people emerged. Mayan art and ...

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The Secretariat of Culture of the Government of Mexico, in collaboration with the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), has announced the discovery of a fascinating panel containing ...

Deep in the jungles of northeastern Chiapas state in southern Mexico lies Palenque, a Late Classic Maya city known for its detailed hieroglyphic inscriptions and sculpted reliefs. These highly ...

Together with historical data from transcribed Maya hieroglyphic texts from other sites, the discovery, at Ucanal in northern Guatemala, provides a unique glimpse of the political instability that ...